First Day in London!!!!

Oh what an exciting first day. Anthony and I both showed up a little late for our flights in the US and somehow got bumped up to better flights so we both ended up meeting earlier in Heathrow. We certainly needed the extra time because it took us all day to get our car from the warehouse.

We left Heathrow on the Tube heading north to the Liverpool street train terminal and got there two hours later [just to give you an idea of the size of london]. Hopped a train out to Felixstowe and got the car.

The guys at the warehouse got a kick out of the idea that we were going to be driving the Deathtrap all the way to Cameroon. Let me tell you, the damn thing truly lived up to it's name. Not 10 seconds after we left the parking lot did Anthony notice a weird smell and stopped the car. I looked over at him and saw a cloud of smoke billowing up behind him.

He looked back said oh shit and hopped out. He pulled his seat forward to show a small fire had started underneath his luggage. We both ran around to the area of the fire and quickly extinguished the small spot of flames. We also started looking for the cause.

We then noticed the metal runner on the bottom of Anthony's overloaded suitcase has jammed it's way down and was causing a short circuit on the relay causing the wires to overheat and start burning.

After 45 minutes of electrical work and repacking we were on our way into London. After a few wrong turns and a little scrape in a roundabout we managed to find our way to my friend's flat. And thus ended the first leg of our adventure. 100 miles down, 9,900 to go!!!!!

Time permitting pictures later.